Reinterpreting the Definition of Sustainable Development for a More Ecocentric Reorientation
Reinterpreting the Definition of Sustainable Development for a More Ecocentric Reorientation
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DOI：
10.1002/sd.537
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
12.5
通讯作者：
Beaumont, Narelle
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作者：
Imran, Sophia;Alam, Khorshed;Beaumont, Narelle
虽然环境和社会研究产生了大量关于价值观和环境伦理如何与可持续发展相关联的信息和数据，但没有研究探讨可持续发展定义术语中反映的缺失环节，这些环节使可持续发展定义脱离了其生态精神。可持续发展的概念在布伦特兰委员会的报告发表二十年后仍然模糊不清。然后，它探讨了在当代以生态为中心的可持续发展的概念化与功利主义的伦理的局限性，并认为其定义更具包容性，并纳入社会生态价值的承认，一个更生态中心的重新解释。文件最后呼吁修订全球决议，并在重新解释的基础上建立可持续发展框架，承认人类与生态圈其他部分的相互依存关系。版权所有（c）2011约翰威利父子有限公司和ERP环境
While environmental and social research have generated a large amount of information and data on how values and environmental ethics relate to sustainable development, there are no studies that examine the missing links reflected in the terminology of the sustainable development definition that alienates it from its ecological ethos. This paper reviews the concept of sustainable development that continues to remain vague even two decades after the Brundtland Commission report. It then examines the limitations in the contemporary anthropocentric conceptualization of sustainable development with a utilitarian ethic and argues for a more ecocentric reinterpretation of its definition that is more inclusive and incorporates recognition of the socio-ecological values. The paper concludes with a call for a revised global resolution and a framework for sustainable development based on its reinterpretation that recognizes the interdependence of humans with the rest of the ecosphere. Copyright (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment